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TLDR:If you have a fully upgraded weapon from 5.0/5.1(legendary gem+valor upgrades) you probably don't need to be in a rush to get a new weapon... depending on your class it may not help as much as you think. If you haven't done the legendary or valor upgrades the new weapons are a big upgrade.

As Blizzard has said that there will be no new Sha-Touched weapons in 5.2 I wanted to do some quick napkin math to see how the new 5.2 LFR weapons compared to Kri'tak, sceptre impérial de l'essaim. I will do this by using the 5.0/5.1 stat weights for my Holy Paladin to illustrate the differences. For sake of comparison, both items have crit as the secondary stat and have chosen a 5.2 weapon with a blue socket. Since the item from the 5.1 legendary quest would effect both weapons in the same way I am not including an extra gem for sake of simplicity.

The following table has Kri'tak, sceptre impérial de l'essaim in three states. The first is with no valor upgrade and no legendary gem(The person who hasn't complete the legendary quest). The Second is with no valor upgrade but having completed the legendary quest(The person who completes the legendary quest but misses out on the valor upgrade). The third is with valor upgrades and legendary gem(The person who completes the legendary quest and did valor upgrades pre-5.2). It compares this to Lame de l'âme de la tempête fracassante assuming that you use a gem like Cœur du fleuve étincelant.

The percentage increase in the most optimal situation is 4.6% based on these stat weightings, so not a huge upgrade. But if you haven't completed the Legendary quest the new weapon is a big upgrade. Obviously that number is going to change based on what class stat weightings you choose to do the calculations(e.g. Disc priests stat weightings for spirit(.8), crit(.6) and spellpower(.81) are higher and would therefor be a slightly larger upgrade).

So for most of these weapons they will provide extra spirit and/or other secondary stat and base spell power at the expense of a bunch of intellect. Blizzard has stated that the valour upgrade NPCs will be removed in 5.2 so ilvl 502 is as good as these new weapons will get. I was sure that when I did the math Lame de l'âme de la tempête fracassante would be an obvious upgrade... and it still is, just not a super great one.

Here are the weapons/shields/off-hands (that healers may be interested in) that are found in Raid Finder/Normal/Heroic Weapons in 5.2: